Shared History

Welcome to "Little Locals" - In these bonus minisodes, the hosts of Shared History research the history behind the names and faces of local streets, parks, buildings, statues, etc. In this Little Local ep, we explore the man behind Ingersoll Avenue in Cass' hometown of Des Moines, IA.

If there's a street or park that you drive by every day and wonder "I wonder who/what the heck that's named after" submit it to [email protected] and maybe we'll do a Little Local minisode on it!

This bonus episode was first published July 30, 2020 on Arcade Audio's Patreon page

CREDITS:

Original Theme: Garreth Spinn

Little Locals Art: The Banditry Co.

About this podcast:

Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

In this Little Local minisode, we ask "Who the heck deserved a whole square named after them?" and explore the man behind Logan Square in Chicago, IL...among other landmarks.

Little Locals is a series of bonus minisodes where the hosts of Shared History research the history behind the names and faces of local streets, parks, buildings, statues, etc. If there's a street or park that you drive by every day and wonder "I wonder who/what the heck that's named after" submit it to [email protected] and maybe we'll do a Little Local minisode on it!

This bonus episode originally published Aug 27, 2020 on Arcade Audio's patreon

It's been too long and we (I) feel bad about it. I promise you Season 7 is in pre-production and, in the meantime, we're unlocking and uploading our Formerly-Patreon-Exclusive Little Locals series. So stay tuned for a dozen shorter, hyper-local episodes right here on our main feed.

ALSO, Nat wrote a book. An Epic History of Failure: A Blundering Book Full of Facts & Mindless Mishaps is an educational and entertaining tour through some of history's mild and mega mistakes. It's a part of Neon Squid's 'Wacky Histories' series and is available through your local bookstore, all major online retailers, and, of course, bookshop.org.

We love, miss, and appreciate you, and we will [hopefully] be back very soon!

CREDITS:

• Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
• Original Art: Sarah Cruz
• Animations & Addtl Design: The Banditry Co. 

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

We've seen the white smoke, and it is time for a Pope-a-palooza! From Pope #1 and the 13 other Pope Leos to lady popes and baller popes, we cover a LOT of papal history in this, the final episode of season 7 and Cass's last season as co-host!

We're joined by returning guests and friends, Jim Vozzella (ep. 48) and Alex DiVirgilio (ep. 96 & ep. 100) for an exploration of the origins of the papacy, Chicago's own Pope Leo XIV, the legend of Pope Joan, the Harlem Globe Trotters, hot TV/Film popes & priests, and, of course, a whole lot of Catholic Youth Nostalgia.

Tentative Conclave spoiler alert?

Complete citations on our website.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

SOCIALS:

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CREDITS:

• Original Theme: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Garreth Spinn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Original Art: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Cruz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Animations & Addtl Design: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Banditry Co. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.

This episode is about the Jane Addams Hull House and all of the residents who passed through, and about hot, smutty classical music. Maybe we'll write a clever description later, but for right now that is all you need to know.

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SOCIALS:

Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, @SharedHistory on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sharedhistorypod on Mastadon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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CREDITS:

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.

Maybe we should call this our first ever episode of Shared Science, but once we got talkin' crocs with Frank 'Alligator' Robb we just couldn't help ourselves! Join us on a journey through crocodilians of the distant past (fighting dinosaurs), recent past (How Frank caught Chicago's 'Chance the Snapper'), and near future (as the key to unlocking a cure for cancer). You'll also learn a little about Sue the T-Rex, the Lake Michigan Serpent, and a brief lesson on how to catch a dinosaur!

⁠⁠Our guest, Frank Robb

Frank & Chance the Snapper

Chance the Snapper

Chonkosaurus Rex the average sized snapping turtle

Nat & frank at TTH recording

Differences btwn crocs and gators

Sue the T-Rex

Then This Happened ep. feat. Frank

Phil Wilkerson alligator study (article)

The Lake Michigan Serpent (article)

A Natural History of Sea Serpents by Adrian Shine (book)

Shared History ep 5: Anne Kolb Nature Center

Shared History ep. 95: History of Dragons

More on Frank

Frank Robb is an animal researcher, a crocodilian expert and endocrinologist, an expert on your favorite local lizards, an environmental educator, and a podcast host himself with his nonprofit EEARSS. Check out the EEARSS podcast and donate to their cancer research here.

Follow Frank @alligatorrobb on IG or via @eearss_org⁠.

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SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, @SharedHistory on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sharedhistorypod on Mastadon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

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MERCH: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

CREDITS:

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.

[York (Lewis & Clark exp) & Essanay Film Studios] -- This week we give credit where credit is due. Pushing the boundaries of the United States? That credit goes to York, a man enslaved to William Clark, who was the MVP of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Pushing the boundaries of the film industry? Those kudos belong in the midwest and not the west coast -- with Spoor & Anderson of Essanay Studios in Chicago.

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SOCIALS:

Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, @SharedHistory on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@sharedhistorypod on Mastadon⁠⁠⁠⁠

SUPPORT: Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MERCH: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

CREDITS:

• Original Theme: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Garreth Spinn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Original Art: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Cruz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Animations & Addtl Design: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Banditry Co. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.

[Nadia Boulanger] - For a baked good, you might hit up the boulangerie, but for an exceptional music education? For that, you'd hit up Nadia Boulanger. Award-winning music director and composer, Heidi Joosten, joins to discuss the strengths and shortcomings of this complicated icon of the music industry...and also the strengths and shortcomings of Tar.

⁠Our guest, Heidi Joosten

Nadia & Lily Boulanger

Nadia Boulanger with Astor Piazzolla

⁠Tar trailer (video)

Maestro trailer (video)

Mr. Holland's Opus trailer (video)

More on Heidi

A reputable musical polymath, Heidi is a Jeff Award-winning music director, a composer, orchestrator, arranger, improviser, pianist, vocalist, and harpist. When she’s not in a rehearsal room, you can find her immersed in multiple composition projects and commissions, collaborating on new musical theatre works across the country, and scouring the globe for the best fried cheese curd with her best friend - her shih-chon, Ruby.

Follow Heidi @HeidiJoosten on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram. Or check out her website here.

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete citations on our website.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, @SharedHistory on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠@sharedhistorypod on Mastadon⁠⁠⁠⁠

SUPPORT: Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MERCH: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

CREDITS:

• Original Theme: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Garreth Spinn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Original Art: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Cruz⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠
• Animations & Addtl Design: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Banditry Co. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.

Crack open a cold one and/or crack open a good book, Cass and Nat are here to tell you about the Lager Beer Riot (Chicago, 1855) and the history of Penguin Publishing...plus a brief explanation of where we disappeared to for months, and a few luke-warm takes on home library organization.

Mayor William B. Ogden

Mayor Levi Boone

1858 photo of riot site

Klinkel's Hall (1623 N. Wells) - tavern involved in event

Article on AZ pre-statehood abortion law

Article on Chicago using bridges as barricades

Sir Allen Lane

The Bodley Head og logo

Clifford Ray rescuing a dolphin

LibraryThing

Jack Edwards buys/reads 'aesthetic' books from Etsy (video)

Our Haymarket affair episode

Our Dimestore Novel episode

Our Tale of Genji episode

Our History of Dragons episode

Rebinding library into clothbound classics (tiktok)

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete citations on our website.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

SOCIALS:

Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠, @SharedHistory on ⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠@sharedhistorypod on Mastadon⁠⁠⁠

SUPPORT: Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

MERCH: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

CREDITS:

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try again...OR maybe you've just failed productively? Social Media Darling, Sarah Whittle joins us to share a hilarious history of items invented by accident and we even discuss a few brilliant inventions of our own devising. So listen to this episode and steal our ideas!

Our guest, Sarah Whittle

Spelling Bee-kini Wax on Smosh (videos)

The History of the PB&J with Brian King

Simply Irresistible (1999) Trailer (video)

More on Sarah

Sarah is a producer, director, cat mom, and social media pro who has worked across the internet and TV for over 10 years and in many roles including, but not limited to, former Director of Unscripted Content for Smosh. She is an icon and the moment.

Follow Sarah @RudeUnicorns on ⁠⁠⁠Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Contribute to the Creators for Palestine fund here.

⁠⁠⁠⁠Complete citations on our website.⁠⁠⁠⁠

NOTE: This episode was originally recorded in May of 2023. Also, Natalie says you make paneer with yogurt, she meant milk.

SOCIALS: Follow Shared History at @SharedPod on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠, @SharedHistory on ⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠@sharedhistorypod on Mastadon⁠⁠⁠

SUPPORT: Support us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠

MERCH: ⁠⁠⁠⁠Snag some Shared History merch and get stylin’! ⁠⁠⁠⁠

CREDITS:

About this podcast: Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.

SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by The Banditry Co.